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B. M. WRIGHT. COMBINED HOOK AND EYE AND SAFETY PIN No. 393,319. PatentedNov. 20, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrca ELIZA MARY \VRIGHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED HOOK AND EYE AND SAFETY=PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,319, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed September 5, 1888. ScrialNo. 284.609.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ELIZA MARY WRIGHT, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Hook and Eye and Safety-Pin; and I do hereby declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in hooks and eyes.

Heretoforc hooks and eyes have been made of wire bent to proper form and adapted to be secured to a garment by sewing, this manner of attachment necessitating considerable time and labor.

It frequently happens that the immediate use and application of hooks and eyes are desirable.

It is the object, therefore, of my present invention to provide hooks and eyes which may be applied quickly, easily, and effectually.

A further object is to construct hooks and eyes with pins, whereby-they may be quickly attached to a garment and obviate the necessity of sewing said hooks and eyes to the garment.

With these objects in view, my invention consists in novel combinations and arrange ments of parts, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a piece of wire after the first bend is made. Fig. 2 is a view of the same after the second bend is made. Fig. 8 is a view of the same after the third bend is made. Fig. 4 is a viewof a completed hook and safetypin. Fig. 5is a view of an eye and safety-pin.

A indicates a piece of wire, preferably made of brass or other springunetal, provided at one end with an open loop, a, bent at an angle to the length of the wire A. The wire is next bent upon itself, as shown in Fig. 2, and the returned portion of the wire made to pass through the loop a. The doubled wire thus formed is bent in advance of the loop a, as shown in Fig. 3, thus producing a hook, I), havinga rounded bearing, b. It is preferable that the doubled wire hook be bent so that its upper end will be comparatively close to the single wire A, said wire A being parallel with a .line drawn between the two wires of the hook. The free end of the wire A is next bent upon itself, so that its end will project (No model.)

slightly beyond the loop a, which latter will be bent slightly outwardly. The free end of the wire A is provided with a sharp pointto produce a pin and is adapted to be sprung into the loop a in the same manner as in the ordinary safety-pin. A substantial hook is thus formed and provided with a safety-pin attachment, the wholebeing composed of a single piece of wire.

In forming the eye B a piece of wire similar to that of the hook is provided at one end with an open loop, 0. The wire immediately above or in rear of the loop 0 is then bent to form a larger loop or eye, d, at right angles to the loop 0, the free end of the wire passing through said loop 0. The free end of the wire is next bent upon itself and extended beyond the loop 0. This free end is sharpened to pro duce a pin and is adapted to be sprung into the loop 0 in a manner similar to that of the ordinary safety-pin.

It will be seen that by the above-described construction of parts a hook and eye is pro vided with a safety-pin, whereby they may be applied to articles of apparel at a moments notice, and, ifdesi red, removed from one piece of clothing and affixed to another in decidedly less time and with much less trouble than the ordinary hook and eye can be sewed on.

It is evident that a pin may be affixed to hooks and eyes in a different manner from that described; hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A safety-pin composed of a single piece of wire having aloop at one end,through which a portion of the wire passes and in which the free end is inserted, substantially as set forth.

2. A piece of wire having aloop in one end, a hook or eye adjacent thereto formed by the wire passing back through the loop, and a safety-pin made by a return of the other end of the wire in position to enter the loop, sub stantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two snbscribi ng witnesses.

ELIZA MAR-Y VRIGHT.

Witnesses:

PAUL Gonnnn, CATHARINE (J. Molnrrnn. 

